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Which script is used to write Hindi?
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Indo-Aryan languages
Devanagari script from a section of the Sanskrit Bhagavata Purana, c. 1880–c. 1900; in the British Library.
Hindi is written using the Devanagari script.1
While the Indo-Aryan languages utilize various writing systems, Devanagari—which evolved from the Siddhamatrka script during the 7th to 9th centuries—serves as the primary script for Hindi. It is also the script traditionally used for Sanskrit and functions as a literary hand for several other modern languages of India.12